A schoolgirl has written a guide to teenage slang after her parents complained they couldn’t understand her.Lucy van Amerongen, 13, , from Box in Gloucestershire, penned The A-Z of Teen Talk, reports The Sun.Now Lucy, who goes to Cheltenham Ladies’ College, is “stoked” (very happy) because sales of her “nang” (cool) book are “owdish” (excellent).
She said: “I hope the book clears up confusion. Some parents don’t give teenagers enough credit for some of the words they use. More come up every day and a lot are very creative.”Her guide includes 300 teen words such as “antwacky” (unstylish), “cotch down” (sleep), “rago” (OK) and “zip” (yob).
It also includes her three golden teen talk rules: never make eye contact when talking to a “mouldie” (parent), always mumble inaudibly, and try to include “like” in every sentence.Lucy came up with the idea on holiday with dad Victor, 52, mum Amanda, 54, and sisters Amii, 23, and Rosie, 11.
Victor said: “The guide sheds light on the strange mumbo-jumbo of teenagers’ talk.”Sussex-based publishers Ravette snapped up her book and 3,000 have been sold already. Updated editions are planned.
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Fff, i’m no teenager but i have a feeling that the kids at Cheltenham Ladies College might be behind the times. well this one is anyway. Antwacky, mouldie, stoked. we were using these when i was at school (about 20 years ago!) in the same context as here.
Exactly……What are you a fuckin retard. Slang words change but they dont HAVE TOO. How can you get “Behind the times.” All you have too do is look at cockney ryming slang to prove it dosent grow old. Id like to see you write a book aged 13 and have it contain over 300 slang words. On the other hand most people already know what these words mean so i cant see her being too succesful in that sense. Her parents must be idiots
I am well aware that slang doesnt have to change over time but take another look at the article. it specifically says “More come up every day and a lot are very creative.” implying that these words have been thought up by this generation.
It also says that part of the reason for the book was so parents could better understand the words their teens use. all i was saying was that if my teen used these words i could understand them as they have been around for a while and don’t seem to have changed meaning. whereas i always have to ask my lad what he means when he uses slang and that seems to be the point of it. So they have a language that they can use between themselves that parents don’t get.
You possibly couldn’t write a book on teen slang that wasn’t out of date before it came out.
What the hell are you on about. You’ve lost yourself in your own confusion. You state “It also says that part of the reason for the book was so parents could better understand the words.” Closley Followed by “whereas i always have to ask my lad what he means when he uses slang.” Read the fucking book dumbass.
i’m sorry you didn’t understand my last post but
i really carn’t be bothered arguing with someone who resorts to insults to get their point across. I haven’t been rude to you in the slightest,but you dont seem to be able to post without getting a dig in.
Think i’ll go and do something more exciting instead.
Lewis it is ok to voice your opinion but it is not ok to insult other people like you are doing above in comment #2.
I don’t want to see that happen anymore.
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